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What to Do With All That Halloween Candy?

Trick or treating can be loads of fun with all the candy bars and milk chocolates you will get, who wouldn’t be happy about that? But what do we do with the remaining chocolate bars and tootsie rolls that our kids have failed to finish? Read on to know what you can do with all those candies!

Halloween has come & gone and all that is left are giant buckets from our trick or treaters! There’s no way that even this mom can eat all the candy that we have. The kids had school off on Monday & Tuesday, so I decided to take some of that extra time to make some creative use of their Halloween candy.  

Below I am sharing some fun ideas on what to do with all that chocolate candy and kit kats.

 

What to Do With All That Halloween Candy?

What to do with all your Halloween candy?

 
1.  Try some fun preschool activities, just get creative & ideas will start coming to you!  Below, we had fun creating their names using candies from their buckets.
 
making names out of candy

2.  For older kids, you could challenge them to graph out the different types of candies.  For younger kids, an easy idea is to do a color sort!

color sort with kids

3.  Get ready for the next holiday & make a fun candy craft such as this Candy Corn Turkey!

candy corn turkey

4.  Try some science experiments.  One of my kids’ favorite things to do is put baking soda on a cookie sheet and add vinegar.  This time, they threw in a few Skittles to see what would happen!

 

painting with skittles

 

5.  Another fun science experiment is to simply throw Skittles into a cup of water.  As they dissolve, the S will come off & float to the top!

 

starburst finger paint

 

  1. Get creative. We created this fun Starburst finger paint by simply melting several pieces of Orange starbursts until soft (around 20-40 seconds). Then, I just added cornstarch and water to get a finger painting consistency. Messy but fun to do on hallows eve.

 

Skittles paint on paper
  1. Make some Skittles paint. Simply place several Skittles in each cup (by color) & add just a little bit of water. Let the Skittles dissolve and then you can paint with it. 

It makes a super light, glossy looking paint that the kids will think is fun because it comes from Skittles! I’m sure Michael Myers will enjoy this too.

 

Skittles paint in glasses

 

Skittles paint on paper

 

  1. Donate or sell it. There are several dentists & organizations that will take Halloween candy!  Click here for more information about the Halloween buyback programs around the country.
  2. Switch Witch. I had never heard about this before until I ran into a neighbor the day after Halloween & she told me that the “Switch Witch” came to their house.  Basically, a “good witch” comes to your house on Halloween night and takes the candy, in exchange for a toy.
  3. Use it for upcoming birthday parties. Fill a piñata or goodie bags with all the leftover candy.
  4. Also, you could save it for the holidays: filling advent calendars, saints day, decorating gingerbread houses, souls day, or any other fun ideas that you may have.
  5. Bake with it. Make a fun dessert or special creative meal out of the candy variety pack that you got with you!

 

After creating your kids’ perfect and fun Halloween costume and they’re done gathering candies, October 31 activities will surely leave us all with packs and stashes of candy we don’t know what to do after. I hope this list can help you with the leftover candies you will have!

I would love to hear any other fun ideas that you may have, so please leave a comment below with other fun ideas!

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